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T?AINING POLO PONIES
SOME OTHER FACTS ABOUT THIS
INTERESTING SPORT.
The Game of Polo Seems Salted to
the Sport-Loving Spirit of Ameri
cans- One of the Oldest of Eques
trian Diversions.
Polo seems to be exactly suited to
the sport-loving spirt of Americans, '
maintains the New York Sun. It re
quires nerve, strength, good horseman
ship, and a quick, accurate eye on the
part of the player, to say nothing of
the gameness, stamina, speed and en
durance of the pony.
Like other Old World games polo
" ?has flourished and greatly improved
*j since its introduction into this coun
try some twenty-four year., ago. The
j.; growth of the sport can be imagined
.when it is stated that there are over
1200 ponies in training in this country
* at the present time, and ove- a score
of polo clubs, whereas in 1SS0 there
were only about 100 ponies and less
than half that number of players.
Polo is one of the oldest of eques
trian games in existence, as lt eau be
traecd to the time when the Turkish
and Persian monarchs and thefc cour
tiers played a game callad "ch
This game reached China in
.. century, being called "dakiu.J
as it is played to-day, was ad
* the Engli?h army officers *tat
, India, from the Hindoostanls'
of "kan-jai-bazec," or polo,
played to-day. Certainly, thcTnaines
are very inueh alike. A regiment re
turning from India brought the game
to England In tho carly sixties, the
first game being played at Aldershot
. In 186CI between a team of the Sev
enth Hl^sars and the Ninth Lancers.
e English/pouy is bred and trained
much differently from the American
pony. In the first place in England
they go in for breeding polo ponies or
buying miniature race horses which
will come under the standard of four
teen hands twa inches. Ponies over
iq England are usually of the Arab or
Barb blood, . bred to the under-sized
. thoroughbred. This makes good ma
terial for a good polo pony, but one
can never tell, no matter how small
?he sire or dam may be, what the off
spring will be. It may be too small,
or go to legs and be too high to come
ander the standard of 14.2, which, of
course, bars him from the game.
.The pony bred for the game, of
course, has to be trained and broken
.: for polo; be must learn to turn sharp
Jj.t stop-and start quickly from a walk
'Into a canter, and from a run to stop
ping In almost the length of his own
body. First of all, It ls always advis
able for a player to break and train
? his own ponies; they seem to do work
better for the man who has trained
- them, exactly as a horse always goes
best to hounds when ridden by the
man who taught him to jump. A
pony gets to know a man, understands
..his seat and hands, and surely must
be of more use to him than to a stran
. g?r."
. In England where they "make" po
'" nies; a player is very careful with his
?-protege. . At first he takes the pony
'.-and Vides or hacks bim about until
?hlyi-get to know one apotfier; then
the'popy'io taught to start quickly into,
a'..gallop from a walk, andr to stop
jj short He is then-taught to change
iii? I?gsrori in otH?r words when turn
ing to the off side his near leg must be
. extended forward. After he is good
at this, which is taught bim by placing
? row of poles some thirty feet apart,
and making him go from one side to
the other, twisting and turning around
the poles, which are gradually placed
closer together, so as to make him
"handier" or quicker at turning. The
pallet is then used, very carefully at
Crst, simply being carried in the hand
till the pony is thoroughly used to see
lng it, and does not shy when it is
Whirled about his head. This is a
very serious period in tile education
of a pony, as he is at any time aipt to
become "mallet shy," about as bad a
fault as a pony can have. A pony of
this kind is almost useless, cs be will
swerve from the ball, the player being
enable to come close enough to make
bis stroke.
After tho pony becomes used to the
mallet' the trainer starts knocking the
ball about, only a few yards at first,
very easily, till the pony becomes used
to the sound of the knock and gradu
ally realizes his object-that is, to fol
low the ball, 03 a retriever is taught
to fetch a bird. A good pony will fol
low tbe ball, and at the same time,
when he comes to lt, will ease up so
as to give the player a chance to make
the stroke. However, a pony who will
stop too much, is not as nseful as a
pony that will gallop right along. A
pony ls taken very slowly ct first,
and alone, then In company with oth
ers, never being allowed to race, as
this makes him nervous in a game, or,
Jajother word3, "hot" A.well-known
player ?uce said, "I'd rather play a
blind'en than a bot 'cn." A pony that
is "bot" and who will lose bis head, ls
useless, no matter bow bandy or fast
he may be.
That ls tba slow, quiet, easy way
. that they * .alu polo ponies in England,
bat the American ponies have a much
Harder time of lt. They ero mostly
broncos, lasooed out of an unbroken
herd, sadCled and bridled by force,
?&d the next dav. started at catting
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cattle, n man on their back for the
first time, and a* long severe Mexican
curb-bit in their mouths, urged on by
a long pair of spurs.
A good cow pony, cutting and driv
ing cattle, gets to know what is want
ed of him in very short order, learns to
follow each steer, and becomes very
quick at turning, standing and stop
ping, and in the end makes, if fast
enough, a good polo pony.
If a pony is sound, under fourteen
hands two inches, and bas been a good
cattle pony in Texas or Mexico, he is
bought by the player, shod, clipped,
his tall and mane properly attended
to, an English saddle and bridle placed
on his back and there is the American
polo pony, ready to play, not so fast
perhaps, maybe not so game, neither
so good-looking, ns his English cousin,
but handler, up to carrying more,
weight, hardier and much cheaper,
Naturally a pony in England, with
his breeding, care and training,, is
worth much more than our American
cow pony. Frequently $5000 is paid
for a really good pony in England,
whereas herc $1000 is a fairly high
price.
Iii valry Between Gun and Armor,
There has been a constant rivalry
between the shipbuilder and armorer
on the one hand, and the gun, gunpow
der and projectile manufacturer on the
other hand. Every Improvement in
armor plate has been met by a further
advance, either in the gun, the projec
tile or the propelling charge of gun
powder. An nrmor-maker would an
nounce the production of a steel plate
which no existing cannon could pene
trate. Then .the projectiles were made
conical, and with a sharp point, hav
ing a flue temper, and the gun was
Vined" to give the projectile rotation
and true flight, and the guns were
made to load at the breech instead of
the muzzle, adding greatly to the ra
pidity and facility of fire. Another
inventor then came forward with a
method for hardening the surface
of the plate by a process bearing his
name. A Harveyized plate ls so hard
that It cannot be'scratched with a file
or cut with a cold chisel. Nickel was
put in the plate, adding still more to
its hardness and toughness. Then
smokeless powder was produced, de
veloping much greater energy than its
old black predecessor, and made to
burn with accelerating combustion,
and with It projectiles could be hurled
with such velocity that the energy of
their impact could not be resisted by
either the projectile or the plate, and
the gun had to be lengthened and
strengthened forward to meet the new
demands upon It, The limit in weight
of armor-plate was soon reached.
Twelve inches in thickness came to be
about tho maximum for the belt of
tho strongest warship, for she could
not carry thicker and float. The pro
jectile was still more improved, being
made of the finest forged steel and
tempered with great skill. Then cane
Krupplzed plate, and the projectile
was again turned aside or smashed
upon its surface. Lastly, a soft noss
made of mild steel was place-"! on the
point of the armor-pl?rcing projectile,
and the gunner could again laugh at
the thickest Krupplzed plate that
could be- carried by the battleship.
Hndson - Mrcinv-ia Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly.
Ihe Fnture of TTar.
.The first and most important lesson
which will be learned frou the next
great naval battle will ' that ar
mored -protection will'-hot protect, and
the fight will'be a "duel between tattle
ships at long, range, aided by'various'
forms of torpedo boats and light un
armored cruisers, throwing high ex
plosives; and these latter will be the
factors which 'will "determine toe fight. !
The heavy armorclad will be discred
ited, and then there will bc a wild
scramble by the nations in thc endeav
or to make up for the lost time wasted
on its construction, end light and very
swift unprotected war vessels will be
constructed, depending for their safety
upon their speed and upon their own
ability to strike death-dealing blows.
These are the true principles which
must, sooner or later, be recognized.
Tho British Government now pro
poses "building still larger and heavier
battleships, and, of corrse, enormously
moro expensive. Within the next de
cade, and sooner, in the event of a
great war, this will bc learned by the
British War Office to be a gr-at mis
take-Hudson Mario, in Frc uk Los
Le's Popular Monthly.
A Largo Covey.
Two old hunters 'were swapping
yarns and had cot to quail.
"Why," said cue, "I lememfcor a
year when quail were so thick, that
you could get eight or ten at a shot
with a rifle.."
The other one sighed.
"What's the matter?" said the Crst.
"I was thinking of my quail-hunts.
I had a fine black Iior3c that I rode
everywhere, and one day out hutiing
quail I eaw a big covey on a low
branch of a tree. I threw tbs bridle
reia over thc end of the limb and took
a shot.
"Several birds fell and the rest flew
away. ?
"Well, sir, there were so many quail
on that limb that when they flew off
it sprang back into pince and bung my
horsei"-Los Angeles Time*
i An ?ffai
When I was last in Paris I ha
letter of introduction to the Coum
de Clairmont, who lived in a ven<
hie mansion in thc Faubourg St. C
main, near the ancient abbey chm
I found her to be an aged lady c
.very old family, a very devout chur
goer, and a bigoted Legitimist, beli
ing in "divine ri^ht" and the Co
de Chambord, and fully expecting t
he and his white flag would rule
destinies of France when Orleani
Bonapartists and Republicans wo
be forgotten. Apart from dogma i
politics she was, however, a v
charming and interesting person, i
had evidently been very handsome
her youth, and even in her old i
retained a little coquetry and mi
spirit At the recital of some di
of daring and heroism her black e;
would flash and sparkle and her 1
tremble with emotion? It was 1
going back to the past century to
in her dim drawing room, with
quaint old furniture, rich and rel
iously preserved, hung with portra
of her ancestors, and hear her talk
warriors, priests and nobles, wh(
mitres and swords had decayed, a
whose moldy ami moth-eaten banne
waving in church and chapel, are I
tattered rags with the blazonry illei
ble.
One day I was looking at the pt
trait of a lady so lovely, with a sw(
and melancholy beauty, that even t
disfiguring costume of the last ce
tury, especially the abominable hi
head dress, could not mar its effe
for yo? looked only on the face ai
forgot the accessories. It was frc
the pencil of Mme. Lebrun, the f
-vorite artist of Marie Antoinette, wi
'has left us such touching souveni
. of the'tinhappy queen.
"That' lady, I am sure, had a story
J*said.*: "I need not ask if the origin
wai a relative of yours, Madame, f
I see a family likeness in the head."
''You are right," she said. "Th
portrait might pass for my own lik
ness as I looked 50 years ago. I ha'
a miniature taken at the same Dj
.which looks like a reduced copy
Mme. Lebrun's charming picture."
"And the lady was-?"
"Pardon me," said the old countesi
"I will tell you her story at full lengt
It is an old family history, but
is thought to have some of the el
ments of romance. Perhaps it may 1
of some future use to you as a stot
teller in your own country. So ar;
yourself with patience, cousin, an
hear with an old woman's garrulity
The old lady called mo cousin b<
cause at- some far away period thei
was a matrimonial alliance betwee
our families, long before my grane
.father'emlgrated to America.
I will not attempt to t?late the nai
rative in the language of my hostesi
but condense it and tell it in my ow
way.
The original of Mme. Lebrun's pic
ture, then, was Victorine dc Grantiei
wife of Hector de Grantier, a gentle
man of wealth and family. The mai
riage was an exception to the genera
rule of French marriages, being a lov
match. The parents of the lady ha
permitted her to choose a husband fo
herself; and though among her man
suitors were some more eligible ii
point of fortune and opportunities fo
rising in the world than Hector; sh
gave him her band because she coull
bestow her heart with it.
Pe Grantier was handsome, gent!
and warm hearted. He had no vices
and but little ambition. He was a poe
and a painter, though not a profession
al one, and he was In easy clrcum
Stances, although not reckoned a mai
of wealth.
Never was there a happier couple
and when the bride's father and moth
er, who died within a few days of eacl
other, left the world almost hand ii
hand, the certainty of leaving theil
daughter tho partner of a man devotee
to her, heart and soul, soothed theil
last moments.
There was a shade of melancholy ir
Vlctorlne's nature, and she ofter
thought to herself that her marriec
life was too happy-that it was like f
still, bright, summer day, so perfect
so full of sunshine, so heavenly, thai
weather seers pronounce it too lovelj
to last, and regard it, with shakin?
heads, as the precursor of a devastat
ing storm.
And the storm that wrecked tht
happiness of Victorine was near .al
hand. Among her rejected suitors was
a wild, boid man, named Raoul Mal
travere, an.ensign in the royal navj
of a very distinguished family higli
-io -power at cnurt, ^ho might well
look forward to the prospect of seeing
the broad pennant of an admiral float
ever his own quarter deck. But, with
all the qualities of a noble race, he was
stained with many vices. He was a
gamester, a duellist and a libertine:
prodigal with his gold, cruel with his
sword and fatal in his hates.
Although his rejection was couched
In the most respectful terms, it roused
his worst passions, and he swore to
wreak a deadly vengeance on the rival
who prospered where he had failed.
The hand he could not win himself
bhould never bc clasped in wedlock
by another. In this temper of mind
he went to sea.
It must be borne in mind that this
project of vengeance was a secret
locked in his own heart, to be di
vulged in action, not in words. There
fore, when, some months after the
marriage, the ensign returned from his
cruise, the incident did not create any
alarm in the breast of Mme. Victorine
de Grantier.
One morning when she awoke she
missed her husband from her side, but
this caused her no surprise, for he
was in the habit of rising without
disturbing her, dressing, and then tak
ing a ride on horsebac'- But he al
ways returned to breakfast, which was
served punctually at ll o'clock in the
forenoon. When, therefore, it came to
be nearly noon, and he did not make
his appearance, she was naturally un
easy His horse was very spirited and
might possibly have thrown him, she
thought But. on inquiry, lt appeared
that the animal was in his stall, and
that M. de Granthier had left tho house
pu foot
of Hofloil 5
Mme. de Granthier ?rder|d the
breakfast things removed/after, mak
ing a slight repast .^nd>:thcn-|bpk up
a book to while away the tljtne- until
her husband's return. At l-'o|elock a
visitor was announced-Cap,f.; Paul .
Beauregard, an officer in theJFrench
Guards. He was an intimate.mend of ;
De Grantier, as well as of t?e lady,
and scarcely a day passed .?without
their seeing him. .
"My husband. Have you seen .any
thing of him?" she asked. ?|
' I have been with him all tir? morn
ing, madame." . ' I
"Where is he? Why did h>;jnot re
turn with you? How has he^?en en
gaged?" ; .
Capt. Beauregard replied to the last
question:
"In an affair of honor, madajrne."
"A duel?"
"Yes; and he has been wounded. I
thought it best to prepare youjior the
accident."
"He is dead," shrieked the unhappy
lady, as she fell back in convulsions,
Tor she had read the truth m??e cap
tain's face. . -
Beauregard rang the bell an;d left
her in charge of her maid, while he
went into another room. It wasjagony
bitter as the pangs of death totlisten
to her wails and sobs and shrieks; but
in an hour Florette, the walting maid,
pale, frightened, with' swollen!.eyes,
for she, too, had been weeping; bitter
ly, came to say that Madame.de ?ran
Uer was calmer and desired to jspeak
with the captain,
The officer found the lady white as
marble, but strangely quiet ttnd col
lected,
"Hector is dead?" che half asked,
half asserted,
Her friend drooped his eyes, \ The
answer was sufficient, I .
"Now tell me. how thia happened,"
said the lady. "Hector was_klnd and_
gentle and courteous, Ho had nd ene
my-how could he have, for- he ?ever
wronged a human being."
"That did not prevent his having an
enemy-a mortal foe-who last night
publicly insulted him and thus/ft>rced
a challenge from your husband.".
"Ay, honor compelled Hector to draw
the sword. But thc name of that vil
lain-the murderer?"
"Raoul Maltravers." :>:- .
"He,, the man whose hand I rejected?
Oh, my poor, dear murdered He'ctor.
Why did we ever meet? Fatal was the
hour In which you saw and loved me.
Often have your lips told me-ihat I
had made you the happiest of men
Little drd you dream ?hat I wouid givi}
you death as well as love." "
"I- implore you, madam," .said ?the .
captain, "not to view,this.:tragedy ?fl
that light. An unforeseen calamity
has fallen on you, and my heart bleeds
at sight of your distress. But I can
do more than pity; I can and will
avenge Hector. Raoul Maltravers dies
by my hand."
"Hold!" cried the .widow, with sud
den and startling energy. "I forbid
you to espouse this quarrel. I have
my own purpose of vengeance, and no
man, not even you, shall be permitted
to stand between me and my predes
tined victim. He has robbed me of
more than life, but I will requite him
I was a fond, weak, gentle, loving,
happy girl. They who know rae hence
forth will know me as a tigress thirst
ing for human blood. But no word of
this to others. Be my friend in this
extremity, as you were his true and
ioyal friend to the last moment, and
conduct the funeral rites. You see how
calm I am when I can speak these
words without convulsions."
When Victorine was alone with her
dead she had a wild outburst of pas
sionate grief, but it rapidly gave place
to a calmness so stern that it would
have appalled an observer had there
been witnesses in the chamber of
death.
"Hector de Grantier," she said, ad
dressing the cold clay, "if my Creator
spares my life, your son, whom your
eyes were never to behold, shall be
your avenger. I will rear him strong,
valiant, skillful, and teach him to look
for no happiness, no rest, no employr
ment, until he has slain the man who
has robbed you of life, me bf. a hus
band and himself of a father."
Two months after the funeral the
friends of the family were apprised
that the widow lady was the mother of
a-daughter. Shortly after this event
she retired with her infant child to an
estate in' Brittany.
Sixteen years passed away and then
Mme. de Grantier, still wearing wid
ow's weeds, again resumed ?er resi
dence in Paris. She lived in a fashion
able quarter, but in great privacy, re
ceiving only relatives, making no ac
quaintances. Her daughter, Claudine,
had grown up a beautiful giri, the pic
ture of health-a bright.. flower to
bloom in the almost conventual gloom
of her mother's house.
The only frequent visitor was the
young Chevalier de Hauteville, a cou
sin of Claudine, and strange to say, a
perfect image of the girl-the same
height, features and complexion. The
gossips of the neighborhood said they
were born for each other and predicted
a marriage between the parties. But
the servants of the family asserted that
the old lady would never, for some rea
son of her own, probably that of near
ness of blood, permit the alliance, and
that the young people rarely, if ever,
met lt was observed that whenever
Claudine had gone to church the che
valier was sure to make his appearance
and when he was in the drawing room
she was always absent Whether this
was arranged by the mother or wheth
er this young woman arid this young
man, so strangely alike, j cherished an
antipathy equally strange, was a mys
tery, like almost everything else in
this mysterious household.
Had the widow, foiled ?in. her plan of
vengeanco by the sex ofJher offspring,
forgotten or forgiven : laoul Maltra
vers? No one knew, hit no one ever
heard her pronounce his ?hame.
Meanwhile Raoul Malt ravers bad left
the sea, not being particularly fond of
the maisie of heavy guns,' for though
bra%'c enough on the d?e?.ground, be
cause he was the best Made in France,
and always sure of victory, he waa
really a poltroon. He had married a
very beautiful heiress, and lived in
great splendor. He had more than one
affair of "honor after his marriage,
with a fatal result to his antagonista.
One day the Chevalier de Hautevllla
ruad9 a morning call on Mme. de Gran
tier. He found her in her boudoir,
which was draped with black, and
lighted with wax tapers.
"You know this is a sad anniversa
ry," she said. Then she ?dded, with
a sharp look of Inquiry: "Raoul Mal
tiavers." .
"Dead," was the reply.
"Come to my heart," cried Victorine.
"Claudine, you .have avenged your fa
ther." .
"Claudine!" I exclaimed, in utter
astonishment, when the old countess
had come to this point of her narra
tive.
"Yes," she replied, "tho Chevalier
de Hauteville and Claudine de Grantier
were one and the same person. Mme.
de Grantier had reared her daughter
like a man and trained her to arms in
the solitude of her old provincial man
or houso, where a wondrously skilled
professor of the sword, an italian, gave
her lessons daily. You must not tliin?
too harshly of the memory of Victorine
de Grantier. I am now positively cer
tain that the death of her husband
turned her brain, and that during all
the years of her widowhood she was
a monomaniac. That she inspired her
daughter with her fanatical idea of
vengeance is natural-thc mother lived
for no other purpose."
"But what became of Claudine?"
"She is still living at an advanced
age, a widow," replied the countess.
"Doubtless harrowed by remorse for
having shed human blood?"
"It caused her great suffering for
years, but the clergy whom she con
sulted told her that the circumstances
absolved her from all moral guilt. She
was an Irrssponsi?le agent of her
mother-her judgment deliberately
perverted by one wno had herself lost
the power of reason. Yet were many
hours of bitter sorrow and penitence
passed by that unhappy woman. And
now let me show you a sad relic."
The old lady rose, walked to an
ebony cabinet and unlocking it took
out a long, old-fashioned rapier and
bado me draw it. I took forth the
blade and remarked that it was cov
ered with rust.
"Those darker stains are the life
blood of a man," said the old lady,
with a heavy sigh-"for that was the
sword with which I killed Raoul Mal
travers."
"You?" I cried.
"Yes; for before I became Countess
de Clalrmont. I was Claude de Gran
tier."-New York News.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Japan is the country where the
^emation of corpses is practiced on the
Harges.t scale. The custom dates back
?bout 1200 years.
Among the British peers who have
inherited barren titles is the young
Earl of Seafield, who at the age of 12
succeeded to an earldom, two viscoun
ties and two baronies, without so much
as a single acre of land to maintain
his dignities.
At no point is the River Jordan nav
igable for any considerable distance,
even by small craft, and during its
course it fall over 1200 feet. In addi
tion to these drawbacks it presents the
unique spectacle of a river flowing into
a sea in which there cannot be found
one living creature.
Barbaric African tribes hold the um
brella in high honor. In King Coffee
of Ashanti's reign the greatest mark of
regal favor that could be conferred
on a distinguished guest was tho gift
of a sunshade adorned in savage style
with the teeth of animals, the claws
of birds, human jawbones and rough
lumps of gold. The medicine men of
these African tribes are invariably at
tended by an umbrella bearer.
Slot machines providing meals have
been introduced in London. The re
freshments are arranged on a long buf
fet behind a glass screen. On putting
four pennies one after another into the
slot the screen rises and a tray hold
ing a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and
cup and saucer comes within reach.
The teapot contains tea leaves and hot
water can be drawn from a public
tank. Two pennies produce a roll with
butter, or sand',viches, or bath buns,
and other slots yield temperance drinks
and confectioner}'
"Speaking of curious wills," said a
Georgian, "the will of Col. W. H.
Jackson of Athens, Ga, a member of
one of the best known families in our
states, provided that a massive oak
tree that he owned, around which he
had played and which he had been
taught to love as a child and later as
a man, should, in the language of the
document, 'have entire possession of
itself and of all land within eight feet
of It on all sides.' No one ever con
tested his will, and the oak still stands
as its own owner."
Exploration has now revealed relics
of Menes, the founder of the Egyptian
monarchy, fashioned more than G500
years ago. Of Zcr, the successor to
Menes, it ls astonishing to find thc
forearm of his queen still in its wrap
pings, with four splendid bracelets in
tact This brilliant and exquisitely
finished group of jewelry is 2000 years
older than the jewelry of Dahshur, the
oldest up to then known. The arm of
the queen had been broken otf by the
first plunderers and had lain iu a hole
in tlie wall of the tomb.
Tho Mncnet tn Snrjrory.
Dr. Garel of Lyons has drawn a
French nail about two inches long
from the bronchial tube of a boy of IS
months from Buenos Ayres. Thc nail
had been there for some time, causing
the child to cough much. Rontgen
rays showed the position of it, and an
electro-magnet drew it out. Another
successful operation of the same kind
has been performed by Dr. Piechaud
of Bordeaux, on a child of 3 years. In
this case the trachea was opened to get
a projection from the pole of the mag
net near the nail. These experiments
are. well worth the attention of sur
geons everywhere.-London Globe.
BIDFELLOWS IN MEXICO.
tex per letica ?if a Traveler Wliile l'uAsing
Til root; l> Hint Country.
.'i hxd a rather unhappy experience
ace. myself," said a listener, "but
?I waa at a ti-no when my nerves
coi: Ul j-.ot stand a grcit deal, and the
shock was no surprise to me. I was
really ha?:py when I found that my
eyes had played me no trick and that
the things about me were real things.
I had journeyed down into Me>.ico, for
the purpose of spending some time.
Thc trip was partly a business trip,
and partly for such pleasures as I could
get out of an experience in a country
that was nev; to me. I ought to say
here that I had never been in a tropi
cal country. My life had been spent in
the north, and whatever I knew about
many of the forms of life in tropi
cal sections was altogether theoretical.
I had merely read about many of the
things, but I learned afterwards that
there were many things I had never
dreamed of even in moments when my
mind was inclined to conjure with the
horrors of uneven sleep. Well, I found
myself in Mexico, I was in the wilds
of Mexico, and that, where one could
find but few of the comforts known
to the moro advanced ways cr living.
I stopped with an oid Mexican one
night, and he put me in a dumpy little
room off to myself. I slept on the
floor, or rather I started to sleep on
the floor and it was a dirt floor at
that. I coiled up on a mattress maxie
of some ligi.t material. I had'just
closed my eyes when I felt something
scramble rapidly over my forehead.
It started me a bit, but I kept cool
and still to see if it would happen
again.
It happened in less time than it
takes to teil iL This thing kept up
until the experiment was disorganizing
my nerves, and I could stand it no
longer. I got up and started out, and
I felt the same thing- happening to
my feet. Partly panic stricken, I
rushed into the room of the old Mex
ican. "Something in yonder," I said,
pointing toward my roora. He took
in the situation at. once, and assured
me that it was ali right. He struck
a light and went to the room with me
to assure me thattherc was no danger.
When I got back to my room I waa
paralyzed. Crawling over the walls
of the hut and scramping over the
floor, over the mattress on which I '
had lain, and running here and there,
and everywhere, was a perfect army
of lizards of all sizes, ages and varie
ties. I told the Mexican to leave me
the light, and that I would occupy j
the room for the night. And so T i
did. But I did not sleep, for I did
not want the lizards however harm
less and companionable they might be,
to convert my face and forehead into
a promenade. This wound up my ex
perience in Mexico and I scampered
over the border as soon as possible,
and since that time tue wilder regions
in the tropics have had no fascination
for me."-New Orleans Times-Demo
crat
Tile Ideal School Teacher.
The teacher must teach more, and
know more; he must be a living foun
tain, not a stagnant pool. He should
not be a dealer in dessicated, second
hand knowledge, a mere giver out and
hearer of lessons. That is the chief
and humiliating difference between our
secondary teachers and those abroad,
who are mostly doctors of philosophy,
as they should be. If we could move
many university professors to the col
lege many college professors to the
high school, many high school teach
ers to the grammar school, and some
grammar school teachers with at least
a sprinkling of college graduates, into
the kindergarten it would do much.
In the German and French school the
teacher is one who knows a great deal
about his subject, and is nearer to
original sources; who tells the great j
truths of the sciences almost like sto
ries, and who does not affect the airs :
and methods of the university profes
sor. Very many secondary teachers j
are masters and authorities. Here,
most of our university pedagogy is a
mere device for so influencing high j
school principals and teachers as to
correlate curricula, in order to corral
in students, and little interest is taken
in the grammar grades and none in
the kindergarten.-The Forum.
None Could Climb lt.
Fifteen hundred people saw a Mal
tese sailor try to fix a flag to the pole !
In Jackson square and fall, he climbed
almost to the top and then slid to the
bottom. But he was not discouraged.
Once more he tried to get to the top,
but it was not to be. Ho got about j
half way up, and again his strength i
gave way and he had to come to the
bottom. But still he was not dismayed.
He tried the task again and again. He
seemed to think he was the man for
that job, and he wanted to make a
showing before the crowd there assem
bled, but he failed. He could not j
climb the pole, and so the idea of hav
ing a flag on the top of the staff had to
bc abandoned.
Several others essayed to do that
which the Maltese had tried and failed,
bu. they had no better luck, and so
the attempt was given up. and the tall
est flag pole in the city remains with
out a flag, for the reason nobody with
nerve and skill enough could be found
who would venture to make the as
cent-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MI?SH1>!>1 lcd All VMM'.
Out of that childish dependence that
maternal care had encouraged Mamie
had come to her mellier for help in
the doing of some little act that she
could have readily done herself.
"You shouldn't annoy me for assist
ance in such trivial things as that,"
remarked her mother; "it's time you
learned to help yourself."
"I have learned, ma," Mamie re
turned, "but I don't know just when
it's right to do it; don't you remem
ber how you scolded me the other day
when I helped myself to the pre
serves?"-Richmond Dispatch.
Iceland's ^'cnalblc Cl ;nrotl? Cure.
The cigarette smoking mania has
lately broken out with excessive viru
lence among thc boys and girls in Ice
land. A proposal to cope with the
nuisance is being considered by the
municipal authorities of Reykjavik. It
will, if adopted, empower any male or
female adult to . box the ears ol' a ju
venile offender, annex his or her weed
and impound the stock of cigarettes.
IN North Africa nre fount! two
great burial tumuli or mausole
ums, which date even before the
Roman occupation, and were, no
doubt, built by the native kings of
Mauretania and Numidia. The first
of these, shown In the engraving, is
SO-CALLED TOMB OF THE CHRIS:
JUBA IL, LOCATED 3 (
situated near the coast of the Medi
terranean, about thirty miles from
Algiers, and was at that period near
the ancient port of Caesarea (now
Cherchell). It stands upon a high
hill in the narrowest part of the Sahel
range, and thus dominates tho sur
rounding territory. Its form is that of
an enormous cylinder resting upon a
square foundation and surmounted by
;i cone-shaped part which is built up of
a series cf steps reaching to the sum
mir. At the base it measures 197 feet
in diameter, and its present height is
102 feet, bu?- it must have been over
120 feet hign originally. This monu
ment remained au enigma for a leng
period. The Arabs called it Kbour
Roumla, or Tomb of the Christian, on
account of the cross upon the northern
panel, which was still preserved, and
their imagination invented many leg
ends in which were associated buried
treasure, fairies and sorcerers. These
legends excited the Facha Salais-Rais
(1552-153G) to try to find the hidden
treasure, and he had the monument
THE FIRST SEVEN-MAS 1
Length over all, 393 feet; beam, 50 feet; M?
ment, 10,000 tons; deadweight cargo c
to truck, 182 feet; total sail area, 40,6!
cannonaded; but, although he made a
large breach In the western side, he
was not able to lay bare the chamber
containing the riches.
The first regular excavations were
made in iSGo-OG by Berbrugger and
McCarthy under Napoleon III. They
cleared away a part of the outer wall,
and made soundings to find nu internal
cavity, but it was only after four
months that it was found. By a tun
nel under the south panel they arrived
in a vast gallery, admirably preserved,
and thus discovered the internal ar
rangement of the structure. Unfortu
nately nothing whatever was found in
this vault. The gallery, chambers and
corridors are paved with large flags
and built of well-cut stone. The body
of the monument Is solid, and consists
of rough stone and tufa blocks, irregu
larly placed and joined by a mortar of
red or yellow earth, lt was found that
the monument had been entered once,
or perhaps several times, for the pur
pose of pillage. The stone doors were
broken, and whatever objects it con
tained were carried off long ago.
"Waves Furnish Buoys With Lifrlit.
Man has long since succeeded in
pressing the running waters-the rush
ing brook and the majestic stream
into his service, but he does not yet
avail himself of the unlimited power
wasted by the mighty, restless s a. He
still fails to gather any transmissible
power even from the immeasurable
force of the tides.
Lately M. Gt'.'.re. n German engin
eer, has invented a buoy whose merit
consists In that wave action lights it
electrically. The apparatus needs no
attention for months at a time. Even
the lightest waves generate the light,
while the heaviest storms fail to put
lt out. Furthermore, in this device,
wave action also operates a large bell,
three resounding strokes being given
before every flash of the light. These
buoys are now being largely employed
in the shallow waters along the Ger
man coast.
Candymakcrs say that thc most profit
able part of their trade is in fancy can
dies put up in ornamental boxes, the
box frequently cutting more figure in
tax purchase than the goods.
QOOOOOOOOOOOOCGOadOOOOOOOQ
? A SEVEN-MASTED STEEL SCHOONER g
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The development of tia multi-masted
merchant schooner, which has ad
vanced with such rapid strides during
tho past few years, Ia one of the most
remarkable features In the shipbuild
ing industry of the Atlantic Coast.
The latest of these giant schooners is
the great seven-masted vessel shown
in thc nccompanyiug illustration. It
has been built froai designs by B. B.
Crowinshield, of Boston, the designer
fl
[TAN, SUPPOSED TO BE THAT OP
) MILES FROM ALGIERS.
of many small and very successful
racing craft, and of the ninety-footer
"Independence." Unlike her prede
cessors, the new schooner is to be con
structed throughout of steel. There
arc tbrei< complete decks, which will
be of steel plating, the upper deck,
forecastle and poop-deck being wood
covered. A collision bulkhead will be
worked i:i at a suitable distance from
the stem.
The lower masts throughout the ves
sel will be built of steel, with lapped
edges, flush butts, and stiffening an
gles extend lng inside for the full
length. She masts are all 135 feet in
length fi oin the mast step to the top
ol' the iwiper baud, and they have a
uniform diameter throughout of thir
ty-two inches. The top masts will be
of Oreara pine. They will be fifty
eight. f?<;t in length over all, tapering
from eighteen inches in diameter to
ten inches, except the foremast, which
will be sixty-four feet in length and
twenty inches at its point of greatest
diametor. The booms of the first five
TED STEEL SCHOONER.
mlded depth, 34 feet 5 inches; displace
lapacity, 7500 tons; height mainmast, step
17 simare feet.
niauts -<-ill be forty-five feet in length
by fourteen inches in diameter, the
spanker boom being seventy-five feet
lu length by eighteen inches in diam
eter. The total ?ail area of the lower
sails and topsails will be 40,617 square
feet The total cost of the vessel de
livered will be about ?200,000.
Japan's Primitive Fire Department.
Japanese dwellings being of the flim
siest kiud are particularly liable to de
struction by tiro, and the fire depart
ments might therefore be supposed to
have been well developed. But they
are not, being the one thing in which
Japan has not advanced. They are,
indeed, woefully inefficient.
Hand engines that can bc carried by
two men aud buckets comprise the
whole outfit. Valuables are not kept
in the dwellings. In every village there
is a massive tower, with iron doors
and window shutters, and in thia
building the inhabitants store what
ever they possess of value to save it
from loss by fire.-New York Herald.
At the Bottom of thc Sea.
A deposit of a bluish-colored clay
forms a broad friuge around the mar
gin of the continental masses and
covers thc plateau linking Britain with
Greenland. It is the finer detritus of
the land, borne by the currents into
the ocean. To what depth it extends
depends on circumstances; the zone la
broader when the sea bed sinks
gradually, narrower where it steepens
more quickly. Around the Azores a
volcanic mud is found, wjl^'jat the
Bermudas thc deposit ls pourided-up
Ciu-al-as might be expected** In a
few places green grains are numerous,
the casts ol minute organisuos-^a mat
terial like our greensands. South of
the Azores, and in one or two isolated
spots, is a bed formed almost entirely
of small shells of mollusks, called
pteropods. But beyond the limit oj,
all these, down to depths of 2500
fathoms, the ocean floor is covered
with calcereous mud, composed ot the
relics of minute living creatures, such
as algae and foramlnifera-the so-J
called globigerina ooze - material
similar to that of the chalk; and this
passes at yet greater depths Into a
reddish clay, as to the exact origin of
which different opinions have been en
tertained.-London Standard.